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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Brouwerij De Molen, Netherlands, Stout - Russian Imperial

De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis Cuvee

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Brewery: Brouweij De Molen
Country: Netherlands
ABV: 10.5%
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Other Notes: Imperial Stout-ish

Brewer Description: (from BA and RB notes) H&V aged on Bordeaux wine barrels, bourbon barrels and virgin oak barrels.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.26
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 330ml black waxed bottle, bottled on 19th November 2013. Enjoy within 25 years. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with a thin tanned head that dissipated quickly and left only some sparse spotty lacing.
Aroma: Roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, oak, vanilla, bourbon, dark fruits, and notes of red wine.
Taste: Roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, red wine, oak, bourbon, with vanilla and licorice notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: An enjoyable sipper, better than its base, with the Bordeaux wine barrel really coming through nicely.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Brouwerij De Molen, Netherlands, Stout - Russian Imperial

De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis Wild Turkey

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Brewery: Brouweij De Molen
Country: Netherlands
ABV: 11%
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Other Notes: Imperial Stout-ish

Brewer Description: (from website) Hel & Verdoemenis Wild Turkey combines the flood of flavors from the regular Hel & Verdoemenis with a mellow vanilla bourbon flavor. Warming and powerful. Flavour indication: chocolate, coffee, vanilla. Translates as Hell & Damnation Wild Turkey.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.37
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 330ml black waxed bottle, bottled on 2nd July 2013. Enjoy within 25 years. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Roasted malts, chocolate, bourbon, oak, vanilla, toffee, with a splash of licorice.
Taste: Bourbon, dark fruit, light roast, chocolate, coffee, caramel, with slight vanilla notes.
Mouthfeel: Velvety, medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: The barrel aging has improved the base beer, and the bourbon character really stands out, for the better. This was another great sipper, and De Molen H&V variant.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Brouwerij De Molen, Netherlands, Stout - Russian Imperial

De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis Bourbon Barrel Aged

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Brewery: Brouweij De Molen
Country: Netherlands
ABV: 11%
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Other Notes: Imperial Stout-ish

Brewer Description: Not much description except that it is a bourbon barrel aged Hel & Verdoemenis.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.43
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 330ml black waxed bottle, bottled on 19th November 2013. Enjoy within 25 years. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Chocolate, roasted malts, oak, bourbon, vanilla, caramel, toffee, with some slight dark fruit notes.
Taste: Roasted malts, chocolate, oak, vanilla, caramel, toffee, bourbon.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, velvety, full to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: I thought that the bourbon barrel aging of the beer improved it over the base. A very enjoyable sipper, well balanced, with great aroma and flavours.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Denmark, Mikkeller ApS, Stout - Imperial

Mikkeller George Calvados BA

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Brewery: Mikkeller ApS
Country: Denmark
ABV: 12.12%
Style: American Imperial Stout
Other Notes: Brewed & bottled by Mikkeller at Lervig Aktiebryggeri, Norway

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Imperial Stout aged in calvados barrels.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.06
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before date of 30th October 2023. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Sweet dark malt, light roast, chocolate, licorice, wood, nuts, calvados.
Taste: Light sweetness, dark malt, light roast, chocolate, coffee, licorice, molasses, nutty, calvados notes, with a slightly bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: An enjoyable sipper on a cool night with good aroma and flavours.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Denmark, Mikkeller ApS, Stout - Imperial

Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel – Cognac BA

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Brewery: Mikkeller ApS
Country: Denmark
ABV: 10.9%
Style: American Imperial Stout
Other Notes: Brewed by Mikkeller at Lervig Aktiebryggeri, Norway

Brewer Description: Imperial Oatmeal Stout brewed with coffee & aged in cognac barrels.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.28
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 330ml silver/grey waxed bottle with no bottled on or best before date. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with pretty much no head except for a ring around the glass, and no lacing.
Aroma: Whisky, cognac, dark fruit, light roast, coffee, chocolate, with oaky notes.
Taste: Sweet malt, cognac, bourbon, lightly roasty, coffee, chocolate, boozy, wood.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: A nice boozy sipper with cognac and bourbon flavours balanced with the light roast, coffee and chocolate.